Helenium amarum var. amarum

Helenium amarum var. amarum

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Not native

Not native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: 4 or more hours of direct sun

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 41 Virginia counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Helenium

Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
Papaipema impecuniosaAster Borer
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Carmenta ithacae

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

14Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Helenium

Andrena beameri
Calliopsis coloradensis
Dianthidium curvatum
Dieunomia bolliana
Megachile inimica
Megachile parallela
Megachile xylocopoides
Melissodes boltoniae
Melissodes dentiventris
Melissodes druriellus

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Melissodes illatus
Melissodes manipularis
Melissodes wheeleri
Paranthidium jugatorium

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: ASTERACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Virginia rank	S5
Global rank	G5T5
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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